Pennsylvania · Private foundation
Widger Family Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $3.6M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 9
- Grants FY2024
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 45%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $230,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $1,700,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 13
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 4
- Total assets, FY2024
- $22M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 45% of the organizations Widger Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 62% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 38% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.9M went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 8 | $3.4M | 38% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $3.0M | 45% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $2.6M | 20% |
| FY2021 | 13 | $3.1M | 77% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $244k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Villanova University | $2,000,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Elwyn Foundation | $1,734,541 | 3 | 15% |
| Stand Together Foundation | $1,700,000 | 1 | 20% |
| Virginia Student Aid Foundation Inc | $1,166,500 | 2 | 2% |
| Phoenix Multisport Inc | $1,100,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Elwyn of Pennsylvania and Delaware | $414,023 | 2 | 0% |
| Freire Foundation | $400,000 | 4 | 11% |
| Philadelphia Youth Basketball Inc | $370,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Mindful Philanthropy Inc | $357,500 | 3 | 12% |
| The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia | $259,000 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Villanova University | $2,000,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Elwyn Foundation | $1,734,541 | 3 | 15% |
| Stand Together Foundation | $1,700,000 | 1 | 20% |
| Virginia Student Aid Foundation Inc | $1,166,500 | 2 | 2% |
| Phoenix Multisport Inc | $1,100,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Elwyn of Pennsylvania and Delaware | $414,023 | 2 | 0% |
| Freire Foundation | $400,000 | 4 | 11% |
| Philadelphia Youth Basketball Inc | $370,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Mindful Philanthropy Inc | $357,500 | 3 | 12% |
| The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia | $259,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research | $243,750 | 1 | 0% |
| Americans for Prosperity Foundation | $200,000 | 1 | 2% |
| One Mind | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Hopeworks 'N Camden Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Community Legal Services Inc | $40,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Spirit of America Worldwide | $30,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Bryn Mawr Hospital Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| American Heart Association Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 6 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.2M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Widger Family Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Lincoln Financial Foundation Inc · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
About Widger Family Foundation
- How much does Widger Family Foundation give?
- Widger Family Foundation reported 9 grants totaling $3,638,796 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 13 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Widger Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (33%), Education (23%), Civil Rights (16%).
- Who are Widger Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Villanova University ($2.0M), The Elwyn Foundation ($1.7M), Stand Together Foundation ($1.7M).
- Does Widger Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 45% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Widger Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Widger Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, Lincoln Financial Foundation Inc, Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc.
- Where is Widger Family Foundation based?
- Widger Family Foundation is based in PA.
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